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National Summary
- The market across the country is slow.
- With the Australian dollar trading the lowest in five years against the US dollar and low against other international markets, Australian exports, such as livestock and dairy, are attractive to international buyers.
- The BOM long-range forecast for January 2025 to March 2025 shows a wetter than average season is likely for large parts of eastern, western and northern Australia.
- Red Fire Ant Invasion of QLD and NSW: Under the Biosecurity Act 2014, everyone has a general biosecurity obligation (GBO) to take all reasonable steps to prevent the spread of fire ants. Fire ant biosecurity zones are also in place to help manage the movement of materials that are known to spread fire ants such as soil, hay, mulch, manure, quarry products, turf and potted plants.